[PATCH net] net/af_iucv: fix NULL deref in afiucv_hs_callback_syn()
From: Hidayath Khan
Date: Thu Jul 09 2026 - 15:20:35 EST
afiucv_hs_callback_syn() allocates the child socket with GFP_ATOMIC.
If the allocation fails, nsk is NULL.
The connection-refused path is entered when the listen state check
fails, the accept backlog is full, or nsk is NULL. The code
unconditionally calls iucv_sock_kill(nsk) in that path.
iucv_sock_kill() does not accept a NULL socket pointer and immediately
dereferences sk via sock_flag(sk, SOCK_ZAPPED). When nsk is NULL,
calling iucv_sock_kill(nsk) results in a NULL pointer dereference.
Only call iucv_sock_kill() when a child socket was successfully
allocated.
Fixes: 3881ac441f64 ("af_iucv: add HiperSockets transport")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Alexandra Winter <wintera@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Hidayath Khan <hidayath@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/iucv/af_iucv.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
index fed240b453bd..f5b1ec44b6ae 100644
--- a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
+++ b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
@@ -1872,7 +1872,8 @@ static int afiucv_hs_callback_syn(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
afiucv_swap_src_dest(skb);
trans_hdr->flags = AF_IUCV_FLAG_SYN | AF_IUCV_FLAG_FIN;
err = dev_queue_xmit(skb);
- iucv_sock_kill(nsk);
+ if (nsk)
+ iucv_sock_kill(nsk);
bh_unlock_sock(sk);
goto out;
}
base-commit: 262b2eac463d880a664cf92af1107b4f9d84ad37
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2.52.0